Cultural and Intellectual Trends – Flashcards
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In the postwar era, the increased availability and affordability of cars most facilitated which social change?
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the growth of suburbs
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Which type of therapy did Sigmund Freud introduce?
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psychoanalysis
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This is Salvador Dalí's The Persistence of Memory. Which statement best describes how this image reflects Albert Einstein's theory of relativity?
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Perception of time is not universal.
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What version of reality did Pablo Picasso and other cubists represent in their paintings?
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a fragmented version
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The term ________________ was used by writer Gertrude Stein to describe those left deeply disillusioned by World War I.
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Lost Generation
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How did the modern art movement, which emerged in the postwar period, reflect changes in scientific theory?
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Both questioned the way people examined the world.
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What does Einstein's theory of relatively, which posits that movement in space and time is relative to the person measuring them, mean? Check all that apply.
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Each person perceives space and time differently. What people perceive is not necessarily accurate or true.
